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2009-07-02 Economy

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2009-07-02 06:07|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 If the dhimocrats push this through, it will be their political death for the next 20 years.

Posted by DarthVader 2009-07-02 08:08|| 2009-07-02 08:08|| Front Page Top

#2 It's not only direct CO2 taxes consumers will pay, but increases in all the competing technologies. For instance coal and nuclear electricity directly compete. For example, double the price of coal gen electricity and the price of nuclear power will also double. Billions/year in windfall for the nuke industry, higher costs for consumers courtesy of the our leaders in Washington DC. Repeat throughout the entire economy.

BTW, when did the proposed CO2 tax go to $15/ton? The politicians have have clambering for $30/ton forever. Strategy to get half the cake now, the rest later?

Posted by ed 2009-07-02 09:26|| 2009-07-02 09:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Double the electric bill of everyone, while the economy is inflating, Yeah that'll work.

Liberals in Congress and Obama are pushing us ever closer to pitchforks, tar and feathers.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-07-02 10:09|| 2009-07-02 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Dolly Parton was interviewed locally a few months back and asked if she would consider running for office and going to Washington? She said: "No, there are enough boobs in Washington already."

When was the last time our government did the work of the people?

Posted by JohnQC 2009-07-02 10:41|| 2009-07-02 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 There is also a provision in the Bill that would require every building in the US have an "Energy Efficient Inspection". This includes homes. Homeowners would be required to let Federal Inspectors into their homes to do the evaluations and then mandate bringing those homes up to Federal Standards at the homeowners' expense. Privacy will no longer be possible.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-07-02 10:57|| 2009-07-02 10:57|| Front Page Top

#6 every building in the US have an "Energy Efficient Inspection". This includes homes.

Very progressive indeed! The Federal Revenuers could check on private ownership of newly outlawed "gas guzzlers" and conduct firearms inventories and confiscations at the same time. Home Schooling text books could also be inspected along with "surrender gardens," excess tillage and watering, proper crop rotation, grass clippings, proper septic tank and soil sperk, etc. Toilet pipe ventage and wax ring replacement. The list is virtually endless.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-07-02 13:05|| 2009-07-02 13:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Not Without a Warrant. This is where some federal agents will get killed especially in the back country.

Posted by OldSpook 2009-07-02 14:47|| 2009-07-02 14:47|| Front Page Top

#8 When was the last time our government did the work of the people?

1776

Posted by AzCat 2009-07-02 15:45|| 2009-07-02 15:45|| Front Page Top

#9 How to quickly end an argument with a global warming zealot.

Simply state that you dont debate religion, and if youre to be expected to treat it like science, your green friend has to do so first. They can accomplish this by answering three simple questions:

1) Given the age of the planet and how widely the temperature has fluctuated over time, what is the ideal temperature that the Earth must be, and how will we maintain it over time?

2) One of the foundations of scientific theory is that it stands up to defeating theories that prove it wrong. Weve heard how shrinking glaciers prove global warming, growing glaciers prove global warming, more storms prove global warming, and fewer storms prove global warming. What events prove their theories false?

3) Every few years a new threat comes along that threatens our very existence unless drastic action is taken yesterday. Of course, the media provides sensational screaming headlines backed up by irrefutable scientific evidence to promote these scares. Off of the top of my head here are a few from the last 40 years:

* Population would outgrow food supply causing mass starvation
* Oil reserves would be depleted by 1980
* Global Cooling
* Dioxin threatened us all (until it was discovered a pint of Ben & Jerrys contains 3,000 times the safe level)
* Oil reserves would be depleted by 2000
* The hole in the ozone layer would continue to grow at an exponential rate

Since all of these crises turned out to be wrong, why is it that this time is different?

Posted by Black Bart Ebberens7700 2009-07-02 16:23|| 2009-07-02 16:23|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm going to copy that into my PalmPilot to take everywhere with me, Black Bart Ebberens7700.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-07-02 23:52|| 2009-07-02 23:52|| Front Page Top

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